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צַחֲנָה

tsa.cha.nah

stench

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Strong’s H6709Noun, feminine1 time in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

foul smell1

In the text

Joel 2:20צַחֲנָתוֹ
The northern army I will drive away from you, banishing it to a barren and desolate land, its front ranks into the Eastern Sea, and its rear guard into the Western Sea. And its stench will rise; its foul odor will ascend. For He has done great things.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[צַחֲנָה] n.f. stench;—sf. Jo 2:20

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.